Ruby Nell Walden Miner

1913 - 2002

Ruby Nell Walden Miner, 89, beloved sister and aunt, longtime public school teacher and reading consultant, and active member of Broadway Baptist Church, died Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2002, at her home.

Funeral: 10 a.m. Saturday in Fleming Chapel of Broadway Baptist Church, the Rev. Jorene Swift officiating. Burial: Birdville Cemetery, Haltom City. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Thompson's Harveson & Cole Funeral Home.

Memorials: You may honor Ruby's life with memorial gifts in her name to Broadway Baptist Church, 305 W. Broadway, Fort Worth, Texas 76104.

Ruby Nell Walden was born Feb. 10, 1913, in Rover, Ark., to Mary Lee Hogan Walden and Charles R. Walden. She was the third in a family of three brothers, Jesse James Walden, Charlie B. Walden and James Woodson Walden, all deceased, and one sister, Faye Walden White of Fort Worth.

She moved with her family to Fort Worth in 1915, where she graduated from Central High School and Mary Hardin Baylor College in Belton. Returning to Fort Worth after serving in a church administration position with Doug Hudgins, former pastor of First Baptist Church, Fort Worth, after his move to Jackson, Miss., she began a distinguished teaching career that lasted until her retirement in 1978.

She met her husband, Harry Miner Jr., in San Antonio, and they married in 1948. He preceded her in death in 1989.

Ruby miner had a talent for leadership, close friend Ruth Ann Dupree recalls, generously demonstrating that ability by serving as longtime director of a number of Sunday school departments at Broadway Baptist Church, including those for seminary students and older adults.

Former students of Ruby Miner at McLean Middle School, where she ultimately served as a highly respected reading specialist and consultant, remember her as a consummate teacher, active sponsor of extracurricular activities and, above all, a devoted friend.

She enjoyed cooking, joining friends in 42, and had a quick, infectious laugh and renowned sense of humor. She was a good friend, beautiful and generous of heart, her family and many friends recall.

Survivors: Sister, Faye Walden White of Fort Worth; stepdaughter, Charlotte Hampton of Madison, Tenn.; nieces, Priscilla Martin of Fort Worth and Linda Walden Biddleston of Bakersfield, Calif., Jessica Moore, Merry Phillips, Pam Harris, Pat Myrick, Charlene Walden and Marlene Morris; nephews, Tom White Jr. of Dallas, Charles White of Fort Worth, James Walden Jr. of Bakersfield, Calif., and Charles B. Walden Jr. of Los Angeles, Calif.; great-nephews, Tom Lee White III of Austin and Charles Thomas Martin of Fort Worth; and many other great-nieces and nephews and great-great-nieces and nephews.